Brigade de research et d'intervention
The Brigades de Recherche et d'Intervention ( BRI ; German search and intervention brigades), also known as the "anti-gang brigades", are a special unit of the French police established in 1964 . They report to the French Ministry of the Interior ( Ministère de l'Intérieur ).
The BRI specialize in serious robbery and hostage-taking. If hostages are taken, they are supported by the Préfecture de police ; they are nicknamed BRI-BAC ("Brigade Anti-Commando" Counter-Command Brigades) or "BRI en formation BAC".
The BRI continued to operate after the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial office on January 7, 2015 in Paris . Together with the research Assistance Intervention Dissuasion , they were also deployed on January 9, 2015, when a supermarket at the Porte de Vincennes , where the terrorist Coulibaly had taken several hostages, was stormed.
During the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 , units of the BRI stormed the Bataclan Theater after terrorists took control of the 1,500-person theater.
Similar units are the Brigade de répression du banditisme , the Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste and the Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités .
Trivia
- The BRI-PP (BRI of Paris) played a role in the feature film 36 Deadly Rivals from 2004.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher Zara: Charlie Hebdo Attack: Anti-Terror Raid In Reims, France. zero. In: International Business Times. January 7, 2015, accessed June 18, 2015 .